Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-timer on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-timer
“How long does my C++ code take to run?†The Boost Timer library answers that question and does so portably, with as little as one #include and one additional line of code.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-timer on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-timer.
Install boost169-timer on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boost169-timer using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-timer
Install boost169-timer on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boost169-timer using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-timer
How To Uninstall boost169-timer on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-timer package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-timer
boost169-timer Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/cab40aa8a1af6126ccb7f3d152c0964bcbc84a
/usr/lib64/libboost_timer.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-timer
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-timer/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-timer on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
